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Man’s Best Teacher

            Attorney Gerry Spence on the importance of communication:

            Wisdom usually does not fall from high places.  The mighty and the splendid have taught me little.  I have learned more from my dog than from all the great books I have read.  The wisdom of my dog is the product of his inability to conceal his wants.  When he yearns to be loved, there is no pouting in the corner.  There are no games entitled “Guess what is the matter with me.”  He puts his head on my lap, wags his tail and looks up at me with kind eyes, waiting to be petted.  No professor or sage ever told me I might live a more successful life if I simply asked for love when I needed it.

Reader’s Digest, September 1995, page 88